Ben & Jerry's urged to use human breast milk in ice cream

**Voodoo Vince** · 26-09-2008, 03:35 PM

Ben & Jerry's urged to use human breast milk in ice cream

Ben and Jerry's have been told by animal rights campaigners to stop using cow's milk for their ice cream - and use human breast milk instead.

By Jon Swaine
Last Updated: 10:59AM BST 25 Sep 2008

Responding to the letter, Ben and Jerry's said: We applaud Peta's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child Photo: STUART CONWAY

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the company's co-founders, received a letter from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) claiming that the switch would lessen the suffering of dairy cows and improve the health of consumers.

"The breast is best!", its letter said. "Won't you give cows and their babies a break and our health a boost by switching from cow's milk to breast milk in Ben and Jerry's ice cream?"

It claimed cow's milk had been linked to "juvenile diabetes, allergies, constipation, obesity, and prostate and ovarian cancer".

Meanwhile, decreasing the pressure on cows to repeatedly get pregnant and produce milk would allow them to enjoy their lives, it added, lamenting that "after years of living in filthy conditions and being forced to produce 10 times more milk than they would naturally, [cows'] exhausted bodies are turned into hamburgers or ground up for soup".

In support of the letter, Tracy Reiman, Peta's executive vice-president, said: "The fact that human adults consume huge quantities of dairy products made from milk that was meant for a baby cow just doesn't make sense."

Responding to the letter, Ben and Jerry's said: "We applaud Peta's novel approach to bringing attention to an issue, but we believe a mother's milk is best used for her child."

The campaign group's request comes in the wake of news that a Swiss restaurant owner is seeking to purchase mothers' breast milk to use for its stews, soups and sauces.

Hans Locher, the owner of the Storchen restaurant in the exclusive Alpine resort of Winterthur, said: "We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ice-cream.html

DestinyAthrun · 26-09-2008, 03:40 PM

whats this with using human breast milk..........sigh enuff already

and i do feel for the cows making 10 times more....sigh....its human demand
because so many humans want it so they go deliver

**Thdirtydream** · 26-09-2008, 03:41 PM

Erm, so Ben's and Jerry = Breast Milk..
Okay, sounds cool. I donty know if i want to eat.. GHAHA

**FunkyGal** · 26-09-2008, 03:42 PM

LOL human breast milk. not as easy to get as compared to cow's milk.

**skyangelx** · 26-09-2008, 03:43 PM

o.o did they switch to human's milk alr? o.o

**darkkRUII** · 26-09-2008, 03:44 PM

LOL.
It would be.. weird.. REALLY weird..

**FunkyGal** · 26-09-2008, 03:44 PM

i dun think they did switch right? only a proposal.

**DirtyFeathers** · 26-09-2008, 03:46 PM

Ya lor,doesn't this mean that Ben & Jerry's will have to be employing a lot of older females?

**skyangelx** · 26-09-2008, 03:47 PM

it would very weird LOL

evo · 26-09-2008, 04:15 PM

i guess the taste sure very funny... who willing to try and tell us? hehe

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i think the taste sure very funny one..

**Baby_Nutz** · 06-10-2008, 10:55 PM

Human Breast milk that really extreme wor...

Anyone dare to try I wonder?

goodman · 06-10-2008, 11:01 PM

i dun mind trying!! LOL!!!
if ben & jerry have human breast milk icecream, my fren sure everyday camp there de

**Hirakawa** · 06-10-2008, 11:03 PM

In the near future, we will have a job for women which is known as "Milk Woman", their job is to supply milk for daily use and they have to stay in farm... and later we will breed human to provide meat because other animals meat all contaminated...

Only idiot use human product for food, using breast milk is nothing different than cannibalism.

**chrissilious** · 24-12-2008, 05:03 AM

ok...so what are they saying...that every mother doesn't feed their own children with breast milk, instead sells it to ben and jerry's? then they'll be like cows what!!! and anyway the price will go up because I don't think mothers will donate to a profit making company, without money eyes. right? also breastmilk varies in consistency, so the taste, texture and bacterial content will be different will be way to costly to make the constant checks. the cows are under a controlled diet, environment and therefore much healthier and safer for us to drink milk from indirectly.